China's CAS Space: Kinetica-1 Y10 Commercial Rocket Launch Preparations
🚀A behind the scenes look at this week's launch of a CAS Space Kinetica-1 Y10 carrier rocket that blasted off at 3:33 p.m. Beijing Time on August 19, 2025, successfully sending seven satellites, including two for Mexico, into orbit from the Dongfeng Commercial Aerospace Innovation Pilot Zone at the Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) in northwest China.
The satellites on this rideshare included Zhongke Satellite-05, Multi-functional Test Satellites No. 2-01, 02, and 03, Tianyan-26, plus ThumbSat-1, and ThumbSat-2 for Mexico.
This marks the eighth successful flight mission of the Kinetica-1 launch vehicle and the forty-eighth launch for China in 2025.
Notably, the Kinetica-1 Y10 rocket was painted with calligraphy representing the “Women of China”. The marking is part of CAS Space's collaboration with the All-China Women’s Federation to celebrate progress in equality as well as the contributions of the country's 689 million women. Through the mission's success, CAS Space wishes to convey this message and to recognize the achievements of all women worldwide.
Mission Y10 has been declared a complete success. A total of 70 satellites, or 7 tons of payload, have now been delivered by Kinetica-1 rockets since its debut with more to come this year.
CAS Space is a Chinese commercial space launch provider based in Guangzhou, the capital and largest city of Guangdong province in southern China. CAS Space was founded in 2018 and is majority owned by the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS).
The Jiuquan Satellite Launch Center (JSLC) was founded in 1958. It was the first of China's four spaceports. The launch center has been the focus of many of China's historic space ventures, including the country's first satellite Dong Fang Hong I in 1970 and their first crewed space mission, Shenzhou V, on October 15, 2003. JSLC is now a home for many new Chinese commercial space launch firms, like CAS Space.
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